"In many cases, ignorance is a good thingÂ : the mind retains its freedom of investigation and does not stray along roads that lead nowhither, suggested by one's reading. I have experienced this once again. ... Yes, ignorance can have its advantages; the new is found far from the beaten track."

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Source : Jean-Henri Fabre (1911). “Souvenirs Entomologiques”, London : A. and C. Black

Jean-Henri Fabre

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“If you take the same child and put them in two different places, it will dramatically shape the way in which their economic outcomes are realized later in life.”

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“The trouble with treating people as equals is that the first thing you know they may be doing the same thing to you.”
“We all experience pain and suffering, but it is not the quintessential nature of life. Just because the earth turns away from the sun and night occurs doesn't mean that the sun isn't always shining. It might be hard to see sometimes, but goodness and divine beauty can always be found if you adjust your vision just right.”
“I forget how good I've got it sometimes, how lucky I am just to be alive. And I pass good prayer to the man upstairs just to thank him like I should. Yeah you know, I get it... I've got it good.”
“I didn't go to the cinema a lot when I was young.”
“Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as, today, we remember our forefathers.”

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“What's really important for me is, as an old man, I'm known by my own generation and the next generation know me, too.”
“That's the cool thing about horses - they don't have prejudice. They don't care if you're tall or thin or if you're dark or if you're light, or if you're rich or you're poor, if you're handsome or not so handsome.”

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